1. Tigers are the largest of the big cats.
2. Wild tigers are at the very top of the food chain.
3. There were originally eight subspecies of tiger, the
Javan, the Bali, the Caspian, the Indochinese, the
Sumatran, the Bengal, the Siberian, and the South
China tiger.
4. Unbelievably three of the eight subspecies are now
extinct. The Bali tiger met its demise in the 1940's,
the Caspian in the 1970's and the Javan in the 1980's.
(Yes you read that right--the 1980's!)
5. The latin names for the subspecies are:
pantheris tigris amoyensis The South China tiger
pantheris tigris altaicia The Amur (Siberian) tiger
pantheris tigris sumatrae The Sumatran tiger
pantheris tigris corbetti The Indochinese tiger
pantheris tigris tigris The Bengal tiger
pantheris tigris balica The Bali tiger
pantheris tigris virgata The Caspina tiger
pantheris tigris sondaica The Javan tiger
6. The South China tiger is believed to be the antecedent of
all tigers.
7. The tiger is the most endangered species of big cat. Of
the remaining tiger subspecies the South China tiger is
the most critically endangered with only around sixty
living in Chinese zoos and approximately twenty in the
wild (although none have been spotted for over twenty
years). This puts this subspecies at the very top of the
endangered species list.
8. Wild tigers do not live in Africa, they are spread out
across Asia and are thought to have originated from
Southern China.
9. A captive tiger can live up to twenty years, while a wild
tiger can expect to live ten to fifteen years.
10. Tigers are an umbrella species, which means to save the
wild tiger we must also commit to saving its habitat
and prey.
11. Due to the cold winters of Southern Russia and
Northern China the Siberian tiger is the largest of
the subspecies with an average length of 9ft 8' and
an average weight of 540 pounds, it has the thickest
fur and roams the largest territories.
12. The Bengal tiger is found in India and around the
Nepal/China border, it is the second largest of the
subspecies weighing in at around 480 pounds,
and is 9ft 5' long (average).
13. The Indochinese tiger is found across most of Southeast
Asia, it is 8ft 8' long and weighs in at 380 pounds
(average).
14. The South China tiger is found only in Southern China,
it is 8ft 1' long and weighs in at 336 pounds (average).
15. The Sumatran tiger is the smallest remaining
subspecies, with an average length of 7ft 8' and a
weight of 250 pounds, this is due to the fact that its
small territories are restricted to the Islands of
Sumatra.
(from:www.andymcdermott.com)
2. Wild tigers are at the very top of the food chain.
3. There were originally eight subspecies of tiger, the
Javan, the Bali, the Caspian, the Indochinese, the
Sumatran, the Bengal, the Siberian, and the South
China tiger.
4. Unbelievably three of the eight subspecies are now
extinct. The Bali tiger met its demise in the 1940's,
the Caspian in the 1970's and the Javan in the 1980's.
(Yes you read that right--the 1980's!)
5. The latin names for the subspecies are:
pantheris tigris amoyensis The South China tiger
pantheris tigris altaicia The Amur (Siberian) tiger
pantheris tigris sumatrae The Sumatran tiger
pantheris tigris corbetti The Indochinese tiger
pantheris tigris tigris The Bengal tiger
pantheris tigris balica The Bali tiger
pantheris tigris virgata The Caspina tiger
pantheris tigris sondaica The Javan tiger
6. The South China tiger is believed to be the antecedent of
all tigers.
7. The tiger is the most endangered species of big cat. Of
the remaining tiger subspecies the South China tiger is
the most critically endangered with only around sixty
living in Chinese zoos and approximately twenty in the
wild (although none have been spotted for over twenty
years). This puts this subspecies at the very top of the
endangered species list.
8. Wild tigers do not live in Africa, they are spread out
across Asia and are thought to have originated from
Southern China.
9. A captive tiger can live up to twenty years, while a wild
tiger can expect to live ten to fifteen years.
10. Tigers are an umbrella species, which means to save the
wild tiger we must also commit to saving its habitat
and prey.
11. Due to the cold winters of Southern Russia and
Northern China the Siberian tiger is the largest of
the subspecies with an average length of 9ft 8' and
an average weight of 540 pounds, it has the thickest
fur and roams the largest territories.
12. The Bengal tiger is found in India and around the
Nepal/China border, it is the second largest of the
subspecies weighing in at around 480 pounds,
and is 9ft 5' long (average).
13. The Indochinese tiger is found across most of Southeast
Asia, it is 8ft 8' long and weighs in at 380 pounds
(average).
14. The South China tiger is found only in Southern China,
it is 8ft 1' long and weighs in at 336 pounds (average).
15. The Sumatran tiger is the smallest remaining
subspecies, with an average length of 7ft 8' and a
weight of 250 pounds, this is due to the fact that its
small territories are restricted to the Islands of
Sumatra.
(from:www.andymcdermott.com)
